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单词 bubble-boy
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bubble-boyn.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bubble v., beau n.
Etymology: Apparently < bubble v. + beau n. (in the literal sense ‘beau-fooler’), with alteration of the second element after boy n.1 Compare the following quot.:1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit ii. 6 Charles Mather could not Bubble a young Beau better with a Toy.
Obsolete. rare.
A case for tweezers or other small instruments; an etui.The meaning is explained thus in Pope's footnote to quot. 1727; he remarks that the word is ‘in use in this present year’. The passage is believed to be from one of Pope's own juvenile poems, in which case its date would be c1704.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for small objects or instruments
etui1611
tweeze1622
puppeta1625
tweezer1654
tweezer-case1686
twee1690
bubble-boy1727
nécessaire1800
poppeta1903
caddy1976
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 45 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Lac'd in her Cosins new appear'd the Bride, A Bubble-boy and Tompion at her Side.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018).
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